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Day 18 – What’s With Wayah?
Day 18 Start: Winding Stair Gap End: Burningtown Gap, NC Miles Hiked: 14.6 Miles on AT: 124.2 Today was our second day slackpacking on the AT. To start, the...
Day 38: Dry Bumping and Biker Gangs
Weird Dreams and Breakfast I did a lot of dreaming last night. The most memorable one was where I was yelling at my dad for his insistence on me grabbing...
Honey, I’m Hoooome: Week Two
Enjoyed a week full of mother/daughter bonding, crossing state borders, and 2 a.m. bear raids.
Day 17 – Does Slackpacking Really Make Me a Slacker?
Day 17 Start: Albert Mountain Bypass End: Winding Stair Gap Miles Hiked: 9.5 Total Miles on AT: 109.6 We went into town last night and decided to spend the...
The Logistics and Cultural Whiplash of Getting Off and Back On the Appalachian Trail
I was in the car with my parents on the way back to Newfound Gap in the Smoky Mountains, where they had picked me up to get off the Appalachian...
Things I Learned in my First 100-ish Miles as an Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker
Foreword Yes I'm over 300 miles now, I actually wrote this in advance of entering the Smokies while reflecting on my first 100 miles, then I was editing it which...
APRIL 21 – 25 Standing Bear to Hot Springs with a zero.
4/21 - Leaving Standing Bear I wake up at Standing Bear for the second night in a row. This time I had a lower bunk, yay. Also instead of sleeping...
Days 24 Through 27
Day 24 Dreary Start, Great Lunch, Nice Finish Hiked today 15.9 miles total hiked 378 miles todays ascent 2540 Today I hiked from Skyland Lodge to Bear Fence Shelter. The...
Days 10-12 on the Appalachian Trail
In which cold - indeed, very cold - realities make themselves known.
Tell Me Why
My Reasons for Hiking the Appalachian Trail Why I am planning to thru-hike the AT in 2024 (and thank you to Neil Young for the intro). For those of you...